Second Zefarelli government

The Second Zefarelli government was the second ministry of Prime Minister of Italy Nicola Zefarelli, which lasted from November 2019.

Formation
The Zefarelli government lasted less than a year, with the next election being called in November 2019. The election saw the Five Star Movement lose its status as being tied for the most number of seats, as Antonio Ongari defected from the M5S to Lega Nord. The leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party of Italy and Lega Nord each won seats, with PRD candidate Ignazio Bandero and Lega candidate Franco Cibo being elected and M5S incumbent Eleonora Tomasetti annd Forza Italia incumbent Antonio Ongari losing for re-election.

The incumbent coalition government of Prime Minister Michele Zefarelli counted on the continued support of his right-wing populist Lega party, the conservative Forza Italia party, and the social democratic Democratic Party. Again, Zefarelli was challenged by Nicola Urbini, who had the seupport of his progressive Five Star Movement, the socialist Italian Left party, and the eco-socialist PRD. The ensuing vote saw Zefarelli win the premiership in a 21-18 vote, with Lega member Carlo Gerlandi and Forza member Rosa Nuccio breaking party lines to support Urbini, while M5S member Alice Andreotti breaking party lines to support Zefarelli.

Legislation
The first issue voted upon by the new government was Lega deputy Nicola Augostini's bill to abolish public housing, but the bill failed in December 2019 by a margin of 10-29, with Marco Verardi abstaining and PD deputy Giuseppe Nardelli revolting and supporting the "keep" side. The PRD, which had supported public housing, won another victory through illicit means when they bribed PD deputy Camilla Ianuzzo to join their party. In February 2020, Forza Italia deputy Mario Tassoni authored a bill which would introduce an income tax, and, while half of his party opposed the bill (as did most of the Lega Nord deputies and M5S member Gabriele Nocera), the bill passed by a margin of 24-12, with 4 abstaining; all of the PRD and the SI voted in favor of the bill, as did every M5S member except for Nocera. The Chamber also approved funding schools over the police by a margin of 29-11, with Forza Italia being the only party to mostly oppose the measure (with Paolo Mascherpa breaking party ranks to support schools, while M5S member Gabriele Nocera and PRD member Mirella Uberti broke ranks to support the police). PRD leader Giacomo Zerilli then introduced a bill to create a bus transport service, and the bill was approved 33-5, while 2 abstained. The next bill, sponsored by M5S member Giacomo Gianetti, supported party funding, but Forza Italia, the Democratic Party, the Italian Left, PRD, and some Lega Nord members opposed the bill, which was shot down by 22-16, with 1 abstention; the PRD and Italian Left believed that the people alone should run elections. A week later, FI deputy Rosa Nuccio proposed to abolish the 2019 Anti-Mafia Commission, but the repeal was defeated 38-1, with only M5S deputy Gabriele Nocera voting for the repeal, and FI deputy Luigi Vizzioni abstaining.

PRD (5)

 * PRD Italy MP.jpeg Giacomo Zerilli
 * PRD Italy MP.jpeg Mirella Uberti
 * PRD Italy MP.jpeg Roberto Orvieti
 * PRD Italy MP.jpeg Paolo Loren
 * PRD Italy MP.jpeg Ignazio Bandero

M5S (9)

 * M5S MP.jpeg Nicola Urbini
 * M5S MP.jpeg Giacomo Gianetti
 * M5S MP.jpeg Matteo Zoff
 * M5S MP.jpeg Vittorio Uvari
 * M5S MP.jpeg Carlo Hurli
 * M5S MP.jpeg Alice Andreotti
 * M5S MP.jpeg Vittorio Campanella
 * M5S MP.jpeg Gabriele Nocera
 * M5S MP.jpeg Franco Nitti

PD (7)

 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Stefano Petroni
 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Gabriele Veltramo
 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Camilla Ianuzzo
 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Giuseppe Nardello
 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Vittorio Bonetti
 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Michele Legnani
 * PD Italy MP.jpeg Marco Verardi

Lega Nord (10)

 * Lega MP.jpeg Valeria Iustiniani
 * Lega MP.jpeg Carlo Gerlandi
 * Lega MP.jpeg Francesco Giacconi
 * Lega MP.jpeg Giuseppe Imbarelli
 * Lega MP.jpeg Adriana Verastro
 * Lega MP.jpeg Nicola Augostini
 * Lega MP.jpeg Franco Cibo
 * Lega MP.jpeg Roberto Rizzoni
 * Lega MP.jpeg Luciana Herreri
 * Lega MP.jpeg Antonio Merlotti

Forza Italia (6)

 * FI MP.jpeg Antonio Hadriano
 * FI MP.jpeg Paolo Mascherpa
 * FI MP.jpeg Luigi Vizzioni
 * FI MP.jpeg Rosa Nuccio
 * FI MP.jpeg Valeria Scuto
 * FI MP.jpeg Mario Tassoni